Top of the news that has trended in the last few days is the “dirty slap”, as they call it, that Seun Kuti gave a policeman in uniform last Saturday. Seun is the son of the iconoclast and Afrobeat king, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. The event leaves much to be desired on many fronts. If it is true that it was Seun …

A peace advocate, Rev. Gideon Para-Mallam has berated the Federal Government for its inability to secure the freedom of Leah Sharibu, who celebrated her fifth Christmas in the captivity of Boko Haram insurgents. On Monday, the activist called on President Muhammadu Buhari and his All Progressives Congress-led administration to fulfill his promise to release the victim from Boko Haram den. …